I have access to an outdorr track and thought this might be useful as a fairly constant environment to test and track my FTP.
I have seen on the forum (i'm working my way through it slowly looking for info!) that while 0.95x 20min power may be the most popular method (i guess convenience and ability to repeat regularly being the reasons) it may not be the best method to test ftp.
I had thought of trying the 20 minute test as a kind of pursuit in orderto get a bit more 'race motivation' what is the consensus on using a protocol like this on an outdoor track for regular testing? would the ave power of 2x20m with 5min recovery be a better approximation of ftp than 0.95x 20min power?
i would like to get as accurate ans reproducible figure as possible without doing a 1hour tt, especially for use in the off season.
I have seen on the forum (i'm working my way through it slowly looking for info!) that while 0.95x 20min power may be the most popular method (i guess convenience and ability to repeat regularly being the reasons) it may not be the best method to test ftp.
I had thought of trying the 20 minute test as a kind of pursuit in orderto get a bit more 'race motivation' what is the consensus on using a protocol like this on an outdoor track for regular testing? would the ave power of 2x20m with 5min recovery be a better approximation of ftp than 0.95x 20min power?
i would like to get as accurate ans reproducible figure as possible without doing a 1hour tt, especially for use in the off season.